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POEM 1: Amanda! Amanda! Amanda!Don’t bite your nails, Amanda!
Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda!
Stop that slouching and sit up straight,
Amanda!
(There is a languid, emerald sea,
where the sole inhabitant is me—
a mermaid, drifting blissfully.)
Did you finish your homework, Amanda?
Did you tidy your room, Amanda?
I thought I told you to clean your shoes,
Amanda!
(I am an orphan, roaming the street.
I pattern soft dust with my hushed, bare feet.
The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet.)
Don’t eat that chocolate, Amanda!
Remember your acne, Amanda!
Will you please look at me when I’m speaking to you,
Amanda!
(I am Rapunzel, I have not a care;
life in a tower is tranquil and rare;
I’ll certainly never let down my bright hair!)
Stop that sulking at once, Amanda!
You’re always so moody, Amanda!
Anyone would think that I nagged at you,
Amanda!
-ROBIN KLEIN
Here’s a fun recital of the poem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhsD6TRtA7E
, ABOUT THE POET:
Robin Klein is an Australian author of books for children. She had
her first short story published at the age of sixteen. She writes
fiction for children and young adults. Some of her famous writings
are ‘Hating Alison Ashley’, ‘People Might Hear You’, ‘Halfway
Across the Galaxy’ etc. Several of her books have been listed for
CBCA Children Book of the Year Award.
INTRODUCTION:
In this poem, Robin Klein expresses the views of a small girl Amanda about
freedom or liberty in life. The protagonist Amanda is a small girl who has
certain unwanted habits. She is asked to mend those habits. She seems to live in
her own world and feels her freedom getting curtailed by the set of
instructions given to her by her elders so she finds solace in the world of
imagination. This upsets her parents who call her moody. Amanda’s reaction to
the rules and regulations imposed upon her by her parents is very interesting.
THEME:
Every child wants to enjoy freedom but feels that he or she is controlled and
instructed not to do one thing or another. Children have certain habits which
are disapproved of by their parents. The parents teach them to mend those
habits. This is for their benefit. It is parents who are responsible for the
proper upbringing of their child but they should be careful that their nagging
should not make the child feel suffocated.
SUMMARY:
Robin Klein has expressed the views of a little girl Amanda who is constantly
pointed out by her mother for making mistakes which she considers as not a
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